Ikwo language explained

Ikwo
States:Nigeria
Region:Ebonyi State, Cross River State
Ethnicity:Ikwo people
Speakers:260,000
Date:2012
Ref:e18
Script:Latin
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Volta–Niger
Fam6:Igboid
Fam7:Nuclear Igboid
Fam8:Izi–Ezaa–Ikwo–Mgbo
Iso3:iqw
Glotto:ikwo1238
Glottorefname:Ikwo

Ikwo is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ezza, and Mgbo, though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.